Tuesday, October 21, 2008

My third 70: a draenei hunter named Corissa, and her pet ravager, Fluffy. I believe the technical term in the hunter community is FO'SHIZZLE!

(Yeah, I don't know what it means either, but it seems appropriate.)

I tamed Fluffy at level 10, and it's been my only pet all the way up to level 70 (aside from temp pets tamed for skills). It's interesting how some hunters focus on one pet, and others collect many different pets. I'm full Beastmaster, because that was the only spec where my pet could actually hold aggro, but I have no desire to get any exotic pets.

I hear what you're saying about being a one pet hunter. That was me for a very long time.

But having tried some of the exotic pets in action (and knowing they're getting another 10% buff to their dmg compared to other pets), I'd really suggset buying your new bank slots and seeing if any of the new pets are a good fit. My fav so far: the core hound who easily tank elite mobs that were a struggle for my cat pre-patch.

Another cool (but non-exotic) pet is the gorilla. With the gorilla's AOE attack to keep threat on multiple mobs and your spammable volley, you really can AOE as a hunter -- it is a lot of fun and very effective. I was grinding the Consortium guys in Netherstorm for rep and level the gorilla to 70 and I was easily rounding up and AOEing down a half-dozen at a time.